comfort zone

...The thermal sensation felt by the human body is affected not only by temperature and humidity, but also by sunlight and air currents (wind), so using a discomfort index to express thermal sensations is problematic from the perspective of environmental hygiene. For example, in a chart of effective temperature, which is created using the coordinates of temperature, wet-bulb temperature, and wind speed, the range of 17.2 to 21.8°C is called the comfort zone, which is the thermal range that many people find comfortable, but this only coincides with the discomfort index when there is no wind. However, it is a convenient index for expressing bodily sensations indoors, and is often used in the field of meteorology.

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…人体が感ずる温熱感覚は単に気温と湿度だけでなく日射や気流(風)も影響するので，温熱感覚を表すのに不快指数を用いることは環境衛生学上は問題があるといえよう。たとえば温度，湿球温度，風速の三つを座標としてつくった実効温度effective temperatureの図表で，17.2～21.8℃の範囲は快感帯comfort zoneと呼ばれ，多くの人が快いと感ずる温熱領域であるが，これと不快指数が一致するのは無風の場合にかぎられる。しかし，室内での体感の表示には便利な指数で，気象分野ではよく用いられる。…

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